Thursday, December 16, 2010

We borrowed Hawkins enclosed trailer and put all of the livingroom furniture in it and laid the carper (Dad and Eric) in the livingroom on Tuesday night until 7 pm while mom and I moved furniture around in my bedroom and got the old carpet up and the staples out of it. Then Eric and I moved all the furniture out of our bedroom and made the livingroom a bedroom (the kids LOVED that) for Tuesday night. Eric and I also laid the pad on Tuesday night. Then dad came back over in the am on Wednesday and he and I laid carpet from 8 until 10 when Eric showed up to stretch and kick, etc (all the hard work) and mom and I cleaned other areas of the house. I love it. It looks really good next to the hard wood which was kind of a shot from the hip because I kept forgetting to take a sample of my hard wood with me. The other bedrooms don't have new carpet. Eric says next time we are hiring it done. I tried to talk him into this time but he wouldn't talk-he's never laid carpet before and never will again. I have totally rolled in it, smelled it, kissed it, wanted to marry it. It's so great. I can't wait for everyone to see it! As for furniture. Even my yucky couches look good on my new carpet. Eric made the statement that now we need new furniture so I'm all over that. We are looking on Craigslist.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Thursday, December 2, 2010

I just don't understand a boy's brain. It is so confusing to me. I'm at a loss when it comes to why boys do the things they do.Lastest adventure...burying treasure. Yes he found a shovel and he dug through the snow to the frozen ground and buried a box that had marty gras beads in it. He said, "I told you I was going to go bury treasure." I told next time he buried treasure it better be out in the field and not in my yard. Oh and don't worry, his little brother was there to witness the whole thing. Bode is being sure to pass on the knowledge of his boy brain to his little brother!! And Mijken is excited about another boy!!

Bode was trying to knock an icycle off the edge of the house and here's what happened to his glove. Yep, he threw it on the roof. "Well, I wasn't trying to throw it on the roof, Mom." Really then why did you throw it on the roof???

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

And I'm so grateful for American Eagle, Columbia, Costco and Peak Performance for all my nice warm clothes!! We were finally able to make it outside to build a snowman. I need one of those wooden snowman kits that we all made a couple of years ago for RS. Every year we are scrounding around for carrot noses, coal eyes, scarves and buttons. Frosty with Bode's head.

Bode posing with FrostyDude, wanna join my cool gang!!

Pucker up baby!!

Calm for a minute but then I notice the background, man my house needs some repairs done on it!!

Gettin' the hat just right.

Summer taking the picture not taking into account what might be blocking the shot. Rump shot!!

Brek checking out the progess and kicking Frosty down a couple of times too.

Me taking a cool picture of a rusty bike by springtime!!

Trig wondering what I'm doing and you can see the snow falling against his coat.

Where are you coming from?

You know you're a REDNECK if/when

*you spend more $ on getting your dog's leg fixed because you ran it over than you do on your house.

*you drive a harrowbed to school instead of riding the bus.

*your husband takes your child to WALMART with a shirt and underwear on, NO PANTS!!

*your prize cow falls through the bottom of the junky trailer you put it in so she could meet the bull next door and breaks it's leg and has to become hamburger while your nice fat steer lives a longer life because you don't need the meat now

*your neck is actually red (from working in the sun)

*you have a wheelline parked over your driveway

Bode-isms-since they happen SOOO often

*6/26/08 You smell like a stunk (should be skunk)

6/23/08 *Milk is all goneMom, I'm empty of milk.

*On shoesThe ties are unshoed.

*New 1st Pres. picture I put upBode-Where's Pres. Hinckland?Me-WhoB-Pres. Hinckland?M-Oh, he's in heaven.B-Yeh but where is his picture?M-Oh, I put it behind the new picture.B-Well, I want the picture of Pres. Hinckland back.

*5/31/08-speaking of the printer running out of ink..."The printer ran out of oil."